Tuesday, September 7, 2010
ISRO said that it would undertake "extremely good" experiments and try out new technologies. (via Hindustan times)
Weight limitation is overall boundary within which we have to work", Prof U R Rao, who chaired the national committee of experts drawn from ISRO centres, academic institutions and R&D laboratories which finalised the payloads to be flown on board Chandrayaan-2 (orbiter and rover), told PTI.
Well as ISRO deliberate their "extremely good" experiments, I ask you, the would be aerospace engineers of India, to fire up your imagination engine and tell us what experiments will you put on Chandrayaan 2?
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
After the launch of chandrayaan-1, ISRO has planned Chandrayaan-II for 2010 using GSLV, in which it will send a rover to moon, a vehicle that will wander on the surface of moon for about a month to collect scientific data and material. The design of this moon rover will be based on MIP (Moon Impact Probe) of Chandrayaan-I. IIT Kanpur is also designing a robot called SmartNav for Chandrayaan-II. The robot will walk on the surface of the moon doing experiments and collecting data. Note that no country has till today sent a two legged robot to any place outside earth!
Read more here and here